Inventors:
Douglas H. Gesswein - Temecula CA, US
David K. Wrolstad - Temecula CA, US
David H. Burkett - Temecula CA, US
Robert C. Esselstein - Fallbrook CA, US
Kathern J. Lind - Temecula CA, US
Pablito Buan - Temecula CA, US
Robert C. Hazelden - Temecula CA, US
Thomas Tokarchik, III - Murrieta CA, US
Ryan Grandfield - Murrieta CA, US
Aaron Baldwin - Temecula CA, US
Wayne E. Cornish - Fallbrook CA, US
Philip S. Yip - San Jose CA, US
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA
International Classification:
A61M 290/00
Abstract:
A locking component for locking a medical device onto a guide wire. Such medical devices include, for example, an embolic filter assembly used to capture embolic material that may be created and released into a patient's vasculature during a stenting or angioplasty procedure. The embolic filter assembly tracks along the guide wire, and is delivered to a treatment site where it is locked in place and deployed. The locking component enables the filter assembly to lock onto any standard guide wire, and does not require a modified guide wire that has a specially-designed fitting or stop to accomplish the locking function.